Receptacle for safety-razor blades.



R. T. WINN.

REGEPTACLB FOR SAFETY RAZOR BLADES.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 22, 1911.

1,057,387 Patented. Mar. 25,1913.

UNITED STATES rn rnn'r ornicn.

RICHARD T. WINN, 0F CLIFTONDALE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO LESLIE MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSA- CHUSETTS.

for holding in a convenient and safe manner a plurality of safetyrazor blades until they are required for use.

The extended employment of safetyrazors has given rise to a demand for sets of blades to be held in reserve, and used from time to time as required, and i.t is customary to sell such blades in sets ofhalf a dozen. The present invention provides a convenient receptacle for holding such a set of blades during transportation and when not in use by the purchaser, and I have so constructed the receptacle that the blades vcan be readily inserted or withdrawn when maintain the same desired, while at other times they will be held protectively and securely in the receptacle;

In accordance with ceptacle comprises a foldable, open ended container adapted to receive and hold sepav.

rated from each other a'plurality ofblades of the thin, flat type, and a clip adapted to detachably engage such container and blades therein.

'Tlie novel features of my invention will be fully described in the subjoined specification and particularly pointed out in the following claims.

Figure 1 is a perspective viewof a bladereceptacle, embodying one form of my present invention, showing the container and clip assembled to retain the blades in place; Fig. 2 is a similar view of the clip; Fig. 3 is a'perspective view of .the container with. its compartments orbla-de-receiving pockets opened out when said container'is removed fromthe clip; Fig. 4 is a much enlarged end.

In accordance with my invention I make the container A of some suitable foldable material, such as imitation leather, and to Specification of Letters Patent; Application filed July 22, 1911. Serial No. 639,873.

my invention the refirmly closed upon the RECEPTACLE FORSAFETY-RAZOR BLADES.

Patented Mai. 25, 1913.

this end vI take a strip of the material, of.

somewhat greater width than the length of a blade, and I fold one end of the strip under upon itself, to form twosuperposed plies 1, 2, Fig. 4, and unite; the same by cement, indicated by the heavy black line. Y I then plait the strip to form a series of leaves 3, which are each two-ply, as shown, the leaves being connected or hinged together at their lower longitudinal edges by the intervening portions 4 of the fabric. The plies of the last lea-f are cemented together, and the end of the strip is carried clear across and under the ply 1, and cemented thereto, as at 5, so that the outermost leayes form a species of cover for the intervening leaves, wlt-h a connecting back 6. In the present instance the container presents a series of six open-ended compartments or pockets between the leaves, and into them the razor blades B, Fig. 3, are dropped loosely, the backs of the blades resting on the bottoms 4 of thecompartments. As shown in F1g. 3 the container will open out when not sub,- jected to compression, so that a blade can be readily removed or inserted. v I

To maintain the container closed firmly. u on the blades and thereby retain them in p ace, I provide a clip 0, Flgs. 1 apd 2, preferably made of thin sheet metal shaped and formed by suitable dies. Herein the clip com-prises side Walls 7 connected attheir lower edges at- 8 and outwardly flared at their upper edges, as at 9, 'to fac111tate the insertionof the closed contamer, each side wall beingcut out at 10. To insert the container it is closed by grasping the outer leaves between the thumb and finger and closing thev leaves together, and the container is then inserted in the clip from the top, the flaring portions 9 guldlng the bottom of the container between the .s1des 7 and the latter are sprung apart shghtly as the container is firmly seated, as-shown 1n Fig. 1.. The openings 10 permit the thumb and finger to retain their hold on the container until it is'finally seated, and 1n llke mannerthey permit the container to be grasped when it is to be withdrawn from the cli The container is slightly longer than t e clip, for it, is only requlsite that the walls,- of the latter present a sufficient surface "to frictionally engage and hold,the container in place, the resiliency of the walls pressing the folded leaves together upon "the interposed blades. The blades are thus held frictionally in the container, separated from each other so that their cutting edges arefully protected, but the blades are so securely held that they cannot drop out. I

prefer to perforate the bottom 80f the clip,

as at 11, Fig. 2, to increase the resiliencyv or spring: of the side walls.

By my invention the blades are heldsecurely and protectively without wrapping or other jacketing, and they can be removed or inserted in the container quickly and easily, the open ends of the container permitting the end of a blade to be grasped between the thumb and finger, the entire re-- ceptac'l'e being small, compact and inexpensive to manufacture.

Changes or modifications in details of construction and arrangement may be made by those skilledin the art without departing from the spirit and scope of myinvention as set forth'in the annexed claims.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by'Letters Patent is:

A receptacle for safety-razor blades,

comprising a clip and a removable, leaved container open at its top and opposite ends and adapted to receive and malntam sepa- I rated a plurality of blades, the clip serving to hold the leaves of the container closed against the blades.

2;,The combination "With a leaved con-- tainei' adapted to receive and maintain separated a plurality of safety-razor blades, of a metallic clip having resilient, substantially 1 ends of the pocket permitting the end blade in a pocket to be grasped between the thumb and finger for removal.

parallel and-like side walls .to' embrace said opposite ends, composed o non-metallic material and comprlsinga series of rectangular leaves hinged together along one longitu dinal edge and adapted to receive between them safety-razor blades, the leaves of the 4. The comblnation with flexible container having a series of open-ended, separate pockets connected only at their bottom edges, to receive and hold safety-razor blades when inserted therein, and a clip to receive the container and compress the sides of the pockets together and upon blades therein, to retain the latter in the container, the open of a Inv test-imony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

RICHARD T.- WINN;

Witnesses:

Bnssrs G. Mo uus, THOMAS J DRUMMQND.

50 container, when inserted in the clip, being. compressed upon the blades to hold them frictionally in place. 

